CONTENTS.Vampirism—its phenomena explained 449

Bengalese jugglery 457

CHAPTER XIII.

REALITIES AND ILLUSION.

The rationale of talismans 462 Unexplained mysteries 466 Magical experiment in Bengal 467 Chibh Chondor's surprising feats 471 Tbe Indian tape-climbing trick an illusion 473 Resuscitation of buried fakirs 477 Limits of suspended animation 481 Mediumship totally antagonistic to adeptship 487 What are "materialized spirits" ? 493 The Shuddla Mâdan 495 Philosophy of levitation 497 The elixir and alkahest 503

CHAPTER XIV.

EGYPTIAN WISDOM.

Origin of the Egyptians 515 Their mighty engineering works 517 The ancient land of the Pharaohs 521 Antiquity of the Nilotic monuments 529 Arts of war and peace 531 Mexican myths and ruins 545 Resemblances to the Egyptian 551 Moses a priest of Osiris 555 The lessons taught by the ruins of Siam 563 The Egyptian Tau at Palenque 573

CHAPTER XV.

INDIA THE CRADLE OP THE RACE.

Acquisition of the "secret doctrine" 575 Tro relics owned by a Pali scholar 577 Jealous exclusiveness of the Hindus 581 Lydia Maria Child on Phallic symbolism 583 The age of the Vedas and Manu 587 Traditions of pre-diluvian races 589 Atlantis and its peoples 593 Peruvian relics 597 The Gobi desert and its secrets 599 Thibetan and Chinese legends 600 The magician aids, not impedes, nature 617 Philosophy, religion, arts and sciences bequeathed by Mother India to posterity 618